Anthropology Master of Arts Program
Department of Sociology and Anthropology | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
丁香园AV Calendar 2012 Spring
丁香园AV Requirements
See graduate general regulation 1.3 for general requirements. In addition to these requirements, the department also requires a written statement about current interests and prospective research. How well the applicant鈥檚 proposed research coincides with the research and teaching interests of the faculty is an important admission consideration.
丁香园AV applications are normally considered once each year at the end of January. The program commences in September. Contact the graduate program chair or secretary for further information.
Graduate Seminar
All full-time graduate students must attend and actively participate in the graduate seminar during their first two program terms. In subsequent terms, attendance and enrolment is voluntary. Special arrangements will be made for part-time students to fulfil this requirement.
Language Requirement
Although French or a foreign language is desirable, there is no prescribed language requirement but, where a language other than English is necessary for field work or reading, proficiency is required.
Program Requirements
Students complete a total of 44 units, including all of
- SA 840-1 Graduate Seminar I
- SA 841-1 Graduate Seminar II
- SA 856-5 Qualitative Methodology
- SA 857-5 Research Design Seminar
- SA 870-5 Contemporary Theory in Anthropology
- SA 874-5 Historical Perspectives on Anthropological Theory
- SA 896-6 MA Research
- SA 898-6 MA Thesis
and two of
- SA 871-5 Readings in Anthropology I*
- SA 872-5 Readings in Anthropology II*
- SA 875-5 Ethnographic Methodology: Social/Cultural Anthropology
- SA 886-5 Selected Problems in Social Analysis
Students may also choose a graduate course or graduate directed readings course in another 丁香园AV department, or from another university that is part of the Western Dean's Agreement (supervisory committee and departmental graduate program committee approval required).
Thesis
The thesis, completed by all students, will normally consist of no more than 75-100 pages, inclusive of bibliographies, appendices and tables. At the discretion of the supervisory committee, the maximum number of pages may be increased, normally only to facilitate the inclusion of large appendices and tables. The student鈥檚 supervisory committee and a qualified external examiner will examine the thesis, and a public oral defence will be held. Theses are bound and placed in the library.
Normally, the master of arts (MA) program is completed within six terms, or two full years of study.
Students may be required to complete more than the eight required courses at the discretion of the supervisory committees.
Required courses are normally completed within the first three terms of MA program enrolment.
Academic Requirements within the Graduate General Regulations
All graduate students must satisfy the academic requirements that are specified in the Graduate General Regulations (residence, course work, academic progress, supervision, research competence requirement, completion time, and degree completion), as well as the specific requirements for the program in which they are enrolled, as shown above.